ΑΝΑΚΡΕΩΝ / Anacreon, Josua Barnes (ed.), “Anacreon Teius, poeta lyricus, summa cura & diligentia, ad fidem etiam vet.ms. vatican. emendatus... Item Anacreontis vita &c. aliaque, quorum seriem sequens pagina notat. Accessere ornamenti loco tres elegantersculptae”, Cantabrigiae, recentioribus typis Academicis, 1721. 8vo, pp [22], LXXV, 76-108, 401, [7]. Frontispiece of Josua Barnes, full-page engraved portraits of Duc de Marlborough and Anacreon. Preface, comments and index in Latin, text in original Greek with parallel Latin translation. According to Graesse, Josua Barnes used for this edition the works of Saumaise, Stanley, Heinsius and others, as well as a manuscript of the Vatican, changing though the text according to his metrical principles exposed in the prolegomena. Contemporary full morocco, decorations in gilt on covers & turn ins, all edges gilt. External rubbing, rear board with scratches, very fine condition inside. Graesse I 110.